To identify and analyze the factors associated with the decision of migrants suffering violence while in transit through Mexico, to continue on their trip or turn back. Cross-sectional study combining quantitative and qualitative analyses. Socio-demographic and health characteristics, as well as types of violence and factors associated with the decision to continue on the trip, were explored for 862 migrants. 35 migrants were interviewed to explore their perceptions of migration, socioeconomic and political situations in their countries of origin, risks, violence experienced, and the decision to continue on their trip. Of the 862 migrants, 21.1% experienced violence during their transit through Mexico towards the USA. Of these, 88.5% decided to continue on their journey. This decision was positively associated with age (OR = 1.075, p < 0.05), number of children (OR = 3.161, p < 0.10), homicide rate in the country of origin (OR = 1.043, p < 0.10) and proximity to the northern border. No differences were observed by sex, schooling, days in transit and the presence of health problems. The decision to continue the journey to the United States was related to structural factors in the countries of origin, rather than risks in transit. It is necessary to implement mechanisms to promote and protect the human rights of migrants during their whole journey (origin, transit and destination).

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The aim of the study was to determine factors associated with readiness for condom use in the general population living in conditions of high population mobility in Mexico and Central America. We analyzed a survey conducted in eleven locations in Mexico and Central America, using a logistic regression model to identify variables associated with willingness to use condoms. The people willing to use condoms is characterized by men (RP), youth, singles, students, schooling more than six years, with medium to high level of knowledge about STIs and HIv/AIDS and perceived risk is STI/HIv. This study allows to determine the characteristics of the population living in conditions of high population mobility and its relationship with the willingness to take preventive measures for HIv/AIDS.

Analizamos en este ensayo el rechazo a migrantes y su relación con el VIH/SIDA en la frontera de México con Guatemala. Se realizó un estudio transversal al interior de una comunidad fronteriza en 2001. Desde la perspectiva de la comunidad, el SIDA «viene de fuera» y se considera que diferentes grupos de población móvil (trabajadoras sexuales, migrantes indocumentados, traileros, soldados y homosexuales) son portadores. Para los residentes, el SIDA en su localidad se explica por la interrelación entre miembros del grupo comunitario y los integrantes de distintas agrupaciones móviles. El SIDA se ha constituido en un elemento adicional que contribuye a incrementar actitudes de rechazo hacia grupos de migrantes indocumentados. Reducir el estigma y el rechazo puede favorecer el éxito de acciones preventivas del VIH/SIDA en áreas fronterizas.

It has been noticed that there is a repetition in Table 2 headings of the original publication. It should read as ''Migrants who did stay in a migrant shelter (n = 862)'' on the second column, instead of ''Migrants who did not stay in a migrant shelter (n = 1,852)''. The correct table is given below.